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Subject: bin/5507: init: reports "can't exec getty 'usr/libexec/getty for port ttyv0:" "no such file or directory
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>Number:         5507
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       init: reports "can't exec getty 'usr/libexec/getty for port ttyv0:" "no such file or directory
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class:          support
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Jan 15 20:00:01 PST 1998
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Doug Bodero
>Organization:
Trinity Lutheran College, Ashmore, Qld, AUSTRALIA
>Release:        ver 2.2.5
>Environment:
don't know
??? FreeBSD 2.2.5-PreRel ???

>Description:
At BSD bootup, processing appears to proceed without problems, until the system apparently can't getty.  Every 30 seconds the system constantly attempts the run getty.

A typical error reporint line looks like:
Jan 16 23:58:13 init: can't exec getty '/usr/libexec/getty' for port /dev/ttyv0: No such file or directory
>How-To-Repeat:
At every BSD boot.
>Fix:

>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: